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Business leads

The ability to generate and convert leads into business is a skill that modern firms must master, says Yuri Rapoport

Civil litigation brief

Gordon Exall says the Court of Appeal's latest ruling in relation to Part 36 offers will remove a lot of the current uncertainties

Who wins at forfeits?

The seller in a property transaction should no longer expect that rescission on the buyer's part will automatically lead to a windfall forfeiture of the...

Not a temporary fix

Tom Poole welcomes the new authoritative guidance on temporary workers given by the Court of Appeal in the recent James v London Borough of Greenwich...

Environmental waste: what's the damage?

Justine Thornton argues that waste disposal contracts for local authorities under public procurement law may have to include the impact of environmental damage

Securing tenant rights on lease renewal

John Martin asks, in the light of a recent case, what easements and rights a tenant can insist on being granted on lease renewal under...

Practice trends: personal injury

Recent judgments have only embittered the costs war between personal injury claimant lawyers and insurers, says Patrick Allen. Now the Court of Appeal has the...

Solicitors conduct under the claims management

In his series on the new claims management regulations Gordon Exall considers their effect on business expenses and the guidance given by the Solicitors Regulatory...